A Missouri man has apparently devised a kit to allow diesel engines to run on used vegetable oil. Mmmm, French Fry-smelling exhaust…
Mariah Carey sucks. Oh yeah, and she’s doing a cover of Def Leppard’s “Bringin’ On The Heartbreak” on her new album. Did I mention that Mariah Carey sucks?
Tom Lehrer is a math professor at Harvard and MIT who is also well-known for his songs on science and events. This Shockwave animation of his rendition of The Periodic Table is pretty fun…
Great, now that they can “track” the source of viral infections it’s only a matter of time before someone sues you for giving them a cold.
The latest launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis (STS-112) on October 7th had an added bonus: the addition of a camera to the external tank. Check out this page to take a look at the in-flight video this camera provided.
Mankind’s impact on the Earth is greater than most people thought, according to The Human Footprint study conducted by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Among the telling statistics: “83% of the land’s surface is directly influenced by human agency” and “98% of the areas where it’s possible to grow rice or wheat or corn (maize) are similarly influenced.” This indicates that there are very few parts of the earth that remain “wild,” pristine and unaffected from the impact of human existence. I suppose I shouldn’t be that surprised, but the numbers were higher than I would have thought…
The people who organized the Two Towers Protest need to stop being so friggin’ PC. It’s the title of the book, dammit!
When the facts are not to your liking, follow W’s example and change them. It is a good thing for W that Americans don’t care about issues anymore.
In a move that should make the late Mario Puzo roll over in his grave, Jonathan Karp, Random House Trade Group’s vice president-senior editor, reports that he is searching for an author to pen a new “Godfather” book. Karp sacrilegiously quipped, “These characters just keep pulling you back in,” although I must allow that the appropriated quote comes from The Godfather: Part III, the worst of the three movie adaptations by far. Still, I can’t see any way that this won’t be a horribly bad idea…
